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April 23, 1968 E. D. HEWES ETAL XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS 3:5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 31, 1964 INVENTORS SLLSWORTH D. HEWES B7 AYMOND C. ZOPPQTH ATTORNEYS April 23, 1968 E. D. HEWES ET AL XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS 35 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 31, 1964 FIG. 2

INVFNTORS ELLSWORTH D. HEWES RAYMOND C. ZOPPOTH fijza ATTORNEYS April 1968 E. D. HEWES ETAL 3,379,106

XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS Filed Dec. 31, 1964 33 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. 3

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1. IN AN AUTOMATIC XEROGRAPHIC APPARATUS OF THE TYPE WHEREIN A MOVING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SURFACE IS UNIFORMLY CHARGED, THEN EXPOSED TO A LIGHT IMAGE OF A MICRODATA CARD WHICH IS BEING MOVED IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE MOVING SURFACE PASSED A SCANNING APPARATUS HAVING A FIXED OPTICAL AXIS TO FORM A LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE ON THE SURFACE, THE LATENT IMAGE BEING DEVELOPED BY MEANS OF A RESINOUS XEROGRAPHIC POWDER AND THE DEVELOPED IMAGE TRANSFERRED TO A CUT PAPER SHEET, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE CANNING OF A MICRODATA CARD AND MOVEMENT OF THE CUT PAPER SHEET IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE MOVING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SURFACE TO PRODUCE A REPRODUCTION OF SAID CARD INCLUDING PAPER SUPPLY MEANS FOR HOLDING CUT SHEETS OF COPY PAPER, PAPER TRANSPORT MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING INDIVIDUALLY SHEETS OF PAPER FROM SAID PAPER SUPPLY INTO CONTACT WITH THE MOVING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SURFACE TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF A DEVELOPED IMAGE THEREON, A CARD TRANSPORT HAVING A MOVABLE CARD CARRIAGE FOR SUPPORTING AND MOVING INDIVIDUAL MICRODATA CARDS, DRIVE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CARD TRANSPORT FOR MOVING THE CARRIAGE RECIPROCALLY BETWEEN A FIRST AND SECOND POSITION PASSED THE SCANNING APPARATUS WHEREBY SAID CARD IS SCANNED, 